The shipping platform

Location: Mobile is situated at the head of Mobile Bay in the SW of Alabama, approx 30nm from the Gulf of Mexico. General overview: The port, also known as Alabama State Docks, has facilities to handle general cargo, project cargo, forest products, containers, Ro-Ro and bulk materials, including coal and grain. Mobile also acts as an important transhipment port for the 10 inland ports located on the navigable rivers operated by Alabama State Docks. This has been made possible by the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway which not only links the Alabama Inland Ports (see separate entry) but also services some 23 states in the heartland of America, terminating at Mobile. Imports: Containers, coal, aluminium, iron, steel, copper, wood-pulp, forest products, roll and cut paper, cement and chemicals. Exports: Containers, coal, wood-pulp, forest products, roll and cut paper, iron, steel, frozen poultry, soy beans and chemicals. Traffic figures: Approx 1,400 vessels, 25,000,000t of cargo and 169,00 0TEU handled annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: LOA 348 m, draught 13.7 m, DWT 208,359 t The port has 2 post-panamax cranes Service providers working with the Port of Mobile are private companies that assist the port with the following functions: - TWIC escorts and transportation services - Stevedoring - Freight Forwarding - Steamships - Truck/Transit companies - Warehousing - Towing - Tug services - Marine fumigation services - Railroads Storage capacity: - 2.4 million square feet of available warehouse space - 2.4 million square feet of open storage area - Dry and cold storage - Barge, rail and road connectivity